Shab-e-Barat on April 21, says state minister
Despite confusion over sighting of the new moon for the Arabic month of Shaban, the decision to observe holy Shab-e-Barat on the night of April 21 will remain in force.
The government has taken the decision based on the recommendations by the sub-committee formed to resolve the confusion.
State Minister for Religious Affairs Sheikh Md Abdullah informed journalists about the matter at the Secretariat on Tuesday.
The panel prepared a set of recommendations and forwarded to the Ministry of Religious Affairs.
Earlier on April 6, the national moon-sighting committee announced that the moon for the month had not been sighted and so Shab-e-Bara, falls on the 15th of Shaban, would be observed on the night of April 21.
But, leaders of Mojlisu Ruiyatul Hilal, an organisation of Islamic scholars, claimed that the moon for Shaban month was sighted in the sky of Khagrhachharhi and different other places on April 6, but the authorities ignored th
